Hezbollah Plot Conviction Puts Pressure on EU

By

Gordon Fairclough

March 21, 2013 2:48 p.m. ET

A Cypriot court convicted a 24-year-old member of Hezbollah of charges he plotted terror attacks against Jews on the Mediterranean island, a decision that could raise pressure on the European Union to blacklist the Lebanon-based group.

The verdict on Thursday by a three-judge panel in Limassol, Cyprus, follows Bulgarian investigators' conclusion last month that Hezbollah was behind a bus bombing in that country in July that killed...